Want more? Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! Language English. The first 13 episodes of the adaption of Journey To The West. Reviewer: Cyclone - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - May 5, Subject: Monkey magic Loved em. But I need the second half of season 1.
Please make it happen. One Nation Underground came out in , around the same time as Sgt. Hey, how could something this weird and wonderful come from a bunch of unknowns? Well, it did.
And although it would be foolhardy to claim that it was better than Sgt. Its title was the location of the ill-fated Charge of the Light Brigade in , one of the most spectacular wastes of human life in the history of warfare; the album kicks off with a recording of a trumpet charge blown by a survivor of that battle. Once again the cover art is spectacular and historic.
Once again the musical arrangements are full of variety and unusual instruments. Musicians as varied as freak-folk icon Devendra Banhart, Japanese psych-rockers Ghost, and British eccentric the Bevis Frond have been influenced by the guiding example of Pearls Before Swine, but nobody has ever surpassed the imaginative eclecticism and surreally ironic lyrics of Rapp and his cohorts. Producer, Director, Engineer - Richard L. It's probably the best example of what Rapp calls "constructive melancholy" also the name of a recent CD collection of Pearls songs , a combination of the real with the surreal, and it's indispensable to any serious '60s rock collection.
Upon relocating to Melbourne, FL, Rapp formed Pearls Before Swine in , recruiting high school friends Wayne Harley, Lane Lederer, and Roger Crissinger to record a demo which he then sent to the ESP-Disk label; the company quickly signed the group, and they soon traveled to New York to record their superb debut One Nation Underground, which went on to sell some , copies.
The explicitly anti-war Balaklava, widely regarded as Pearls Before Swine's finest work, followed in ; the group - by this time essentially comprising Rapp and whoever else was in the studio at the moment - moved to Reprise for 's These Things Too, mounting their first-ever tour in the wake of releasing The Use of Ashes a year later.
The arrangement is again full of nuances. If you're new to Pearls Before Swine, you could start by listening these songs from the Internet. Together with Balaklava this one, for now, entirely makes up my acquaintance to this band which I happily stumbled upon a month ago, thanks to a Facebook friend recommending them.
I didn't avoid some frustrated feelings of the somewhat blurry way the output, or half of it, is represented here. For example no information of the source albums or co-performers on each track, nor track lengths -- and the liner notes are printed in a very small font on page-wide columns, difficult to read for a middle-aged listener!
But these things aside, this really is a charming set of acoustically oriented, atmospheric and mostly fairly calm folk rock with a fairytale-like psychedelic flavour. If you like e. The running order of the 26 tracks is unchronological and seemingly haphazard. If only there weren't so lengthy spaces in between the songs another feature I've never liked , the whole would feel more like a tailor-made, artistically well-thought musical journey as I bet it intends to be.
I'm not going to write much of separate songs partly because my computer refuses to play the CD properly. There are a bunch of songs I'm not fond of; they tend to have some slightly irritating feature, perhaps a bit too much of either naiivety 'Froggle' or a country flavour. Most songs however are very nice or even spellbinding at best. Tom Rapp's warm and a bit uncertain voice often carries the story-telling aspect, sometimes backed by a beautiful female voice. The instrumentation is often colourful, finishing the magical atmosphere.
For those already having a couple of the four short albums, such as The Use of Ashes which is almost entirely represented here, this compilation may not be that necessary.
For a newcomer with a suitable taste for psych- flavoured folk rock this set easily brings a lot of delight and rare charm. Therefor strong four stars, despite some inadequate features in the representation. This serene version is among the early ones and totally new to me. Not very far in spirit to Cohen's own interpretation, I believe this is easy to like by any friend of Cohen's music.
Tom Rapp's voice is pleasant and emotionally deep without being too expressive. The arrangement is elegant and nuanced. I can't name with certainty all the instruments used on this particular song, but the English horn of the guest musician Joe Farrell fits in very beautifully. Story telling by singing is essential on it, but also musically it's pleasant if you like this kind of folk music.
Four solid stars within the genre, not much of prog or psych flavours to be heard though. Review by friso Prog Reviewer. On this album there's a slight return to the psychedelic rock leanings of the debut, though contemporary folk remains the main genre here. The recording quality and mixing varies a lot, excluding the possibility for these songs to really hit the jackpot. Buried under the lo-fi sound there are some pretty cool songs; like the dark and gloomy opener 'Fourth Day of July' with its phasing effects.
Somehow this song also showcases how bitter and long-overdue the lingering hippy scene had become - and how its political message became a burden. The other songs all have psychedelic elements but they don't always mix well with the Dylan-esque country feel. Some of the lighter songs are a bit annoying, like the silly 'Why Should I Care'. The final song 'Les Ans' with its baroque feel leaves the listener with that emotive 'what if' feeling.
Simple and beautiful song. In the end, the promise of Tom Rapp and Pearls Before Swine was to fade slowly and rather grimly with a string of albums that just aren't that well made. From these same recordings the equally plagued 'Sunflower' would be released and after that Rapp would focus on his work as a civil rights lawyer. Fans are left to image what could have been achieved by this amazing performer in the seventies.
In hindsight Rapp's main problem must have been living in the USA in stead of England at that time, where folk and prog remained lively for many years to come. If sonically different let's admit it , in these ears, it's mostly in terms of the track list.
SD was had a few covers, SF is all original songs, but some are reminiscent of the other release, like the album-opening track Coming Back and its Caribbean percussions. The short following Prayer Of Action is apparently an inspiring track for many people, and it comes with string arrangements. Things get a little deeper with the sombre Forbidden City, with hypnotizing climates reminiscent of Balaklava or Use Of Ashes. Opening the flipside, Blind River is a quiet but mesmerizing ambiance, where flutes and bowed bass make up the background of the intro, before the song slowly picks up momentum via percussions and string arrangements.
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